Ileia wrote:I watch TV shows/movies on my second monitor (which is at a 45 degree angle) while I'm doing other things on my main one. I can hear it and see it in my peripheral vision, so I know what's happening without it needing my full attention. I'm doing it right now, actually.

exactly like me! im always watching something on the monitor beside me whilst, well doing anything on the monitor in front of me, feels good man.

Music. Music is an auditory experience, first and foremost, and "editing" would be the process by which I tried to attach visuals to that experience. Music creates emotions and ideas which are totally unique in my head, and that is what I enjoy most about making AMVs: taking what's in my head and trying to duplicate and share that with others. Consequently, it's extremely easy for me to hear a song that conjures really strong ideas and in the next nanosecond be thinking "How can I make an AMV out of this? What anime can I use?" I guess you also could argue that, in most cases, the music in AMVs remains the most true to the source material. The anime we bend and twist to all sorts of purposes and shovel on all kinds of effects, but the music is usually left in its original state.

I haven't ever really watched an anime series and then thought "How can I make an AMV out of this? What song can I use?" Anime doesn't inspire the same kneejerk reaction to think about editing, perhaps because it's too visual. It's hard for me to take someone else's "editing" and ideas, process it and come up with a new idea that will create new visuals or attempt to capture the essence of the original. Kind of feels like when I need to do math, my brain just kind of goes "derp." Wipe the slate clean with music, though, switch to the other side of my brain, and I have no problems whatsoever.

I feel like both of anime and music kind of work together for me. If they run across each other and suddenly just match, my head explodes, and I want to start editing. Although, usually I don't get the idea explosion until I listen to the music (after having watched the anime), so I guess music plays the bigger part.

When I've already chosen a concept, which takes the longest time ever >.>, I visualize most of the editing process by sitting in the car or taking a shower... Or at 5 in the morning while I'm asleep, I get this "EDIT-OR-DIE" feeling, and somehow that feeling wakes me up and I have to get started.

Listening to music and rewatching anime. Not that I intend to listen and rewatch for editing purposes, but sometimes an anime or song would pop up in my head when listening to music or rewatching a series. I find it funny, though, that when I do listen to music or rewatch a series for editing purposes, it more often than not shatters the idea I'd get otherwise. I suppose that's for a whole another thread, though.

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